Chikwawa faces extreme weather: from severe droughts to heavy floods, affecting food security for millions. Yet women like Gloria and Angella are leading the response diversifying crops, managing village disaster committees, and strengthening community preparedness. The work of these communities provides space to reflect on what climate change means in terms of social justice. Read the full story on Exposure: https://lnkd.in/ePP46fCc
Water Witness International
Non-profit Organization Management
Advocating for effective, equitable water use and governance through cutting-edge research & investigative work
About us
Research, advocacy and action to ensure a fair and sustainable water future. We currently run programs in Ethiopia, Malawi & Tanzania. Water Witness International is a UK registered charity (SC041072)
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http://waterwitness.org/
External link for Water Witness International
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- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
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- Edinburgh
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- Water Security and Social Accountability
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3/2 Boroughloch Square
Edinburgh, EH8 9NJ, GB
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The Water Witness team were out in force at World Water Week in Stockholm yesterday, taking the floor at the Fair Water Footprints session and the Just Transitions for Water Security session, together with our partners at CDP @iied Chatham House and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Our Director of Policy and Research Charles Wight presenting new research on improving sustainability in the global food sector by embedding fair water footprints - Our CEO Nick Hepworth leading discussion on how legal levers can prevent and remedy harms related to unfair water use in supply chains - Our Director of Public and Political Engagement Lexi Parfitt building networks for cooperation and collective action on water security #WorldWaterWeek #WWWeek #StockholmWorldWaterWeek #Stockholm
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All set for our World Water Week session on climate and food security- embedding fair water footprints! Join us at 9am in room A4 Level 6 to hear from Chatham House, Water Witness, CDP, ANEW, Leigh Day and iied on new evidence and new solutions. #WWWeek #WorldWaterWeek
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There are urgent conversations that need to be on the global agenda. This week, we’re at World Water Week 2025, highlighting critical issues for equitable and sustainable water access. Explore the daily program and discover opportunities to collaborate and take action for water security. 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gQ9Y7bN #WWWeeK #WaterForClimateAction
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Great start to #worldwaterweek in Stockholm, meeting with our amazing funders at Svenska Postkodlotteriet Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation! Their support helps us provide technical, legal and financial support to civil society and grassroots organisations working for water security, via the Fair Water Action Fund.
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✊🏼 [UPDATE] On 16 July, the Equality Collective presented at this year's Southern African Law Teachers' Conference (SALTC) hosted by the University Of Pretoria, Faculty of Law between 13 to 18 July. The conference's theme was: "Reflections on constitutional supremacy in Southern Africa", bringing together academics, practitioners, and advocates to interrogate law's role in transforming lives. Our Research & Advocacy Officer, Tinotenda Muringani, delivered a thought-provoking presentation highlighting critical insights into how grassroots activism, collective participation in democratic processes, and legal frameworks intersect and support each other. Read his reflection in our latest blog post here: https://lnkd.in/eKDWdKAP #UPLaw #legaleducation #AcademicExchange #ConstitutionalSupremacy #saltc2025 #collectiveadvocacy #buildingpower #localgovernment #accountability
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👋 Meet Ismail El Hassnaoui, Fair Water Action Fund grantee. Ismail is working hand-in-hand with farmers, cooperatives, and policymakers to protect groundwater, improve irrigation, and secure water for future generations. Do you have a water initiative making an impact? Apply now at: https://lnkd.in/dDBe_zrE
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What a fantastic day yesterday at the Edinburgh International Book Festival We were thrilled to host our reception with inspiring contributions from our team and partners including our Deputy Director, Dorcas Pratt; Director of Public and Political Engagement, Lexi Parfitt; and Sareen Malik, Executive Director of ANEW. Thank you to everyone who joined us and enjoy our photography exhibition. Together, we can support communities on the frontlines of the water crisis and help secure a fair water future for all.
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The latest Bond article outlines UK aid cuts in critical sectors. From a water perspective, these reductions risk worsening water access, sanitation, and climate resilience in vulnerable regions, highlighting the urgent need to prioritize water justice in development policies. Read more: https://rb.gy/tf5t8u
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Last week, our friends at Forest Peoples Programme, Peace Brigades International UK, and frontline leaders have launched a powerful new position paper. Co-authored by Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community voices from Peru, Liberia, Colombia, and Indonesia, it calls on the UK Government to adopt a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act . The paper outlines key steps to shift power, enable justice, and protect collective rights.
A new position paper, co-authored by Indigenous, Afro-descendant, local community and civil society leaders, calls on the UK Government to step up efforts to protect their human rights and the environments they steward. ‘Protecting and Realising the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant peoples and local communities in the context of business and human rights’ brings together perspectives from diverse contexts including the Wampís Nation (Peru), Liberia, Colombia and Indonesia. The position paper supports calls by UK civil society for a ‘Business, Human Rights and Environment Act’. The co-authors call on the UK Government to introduce such a law, in line with the key principles the position paper sets out. These key principles are based on measures that would: ➡️ help shift unequal power dynamics, such as being recognised as landowners with decision-making powers, and ➡️ enable justice and remedy. The authors highlight the types of human rights and environmental harms they have experienced, the difficulties they have had when trying to hold business enterprises to account, and the barriers they have faced in achieving justice and remedy. Although they come from different parts of the world, there are many similarities in the challenges they have confronted. As well as calling for a UK corporate accountability law, the position paper lays out a holistic set of recommendations to the UK Government that, including to: 🔹 Recognise and publicly support the collective human rights of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant peoples and local communities. 🔹 Make the direct funding of such groups a priority for the UK’s #ODA. 🔹 Use diplomacy to support the protection of human rights. 🔗 Read the Position Paper: https://lnkd.in/dmtYE7NV The development of these collective positions took place in-person in November 2024 with Forest Peoples Programme and Peace Brigades International UK. #BizHumanRights #CorporateAccountability #IndigenousRights #RuleofLaw #PeopleOverProfit #ForPeopleAndNature #Peru #Liberia #Colombia #Indonesia Wilhemina Boahemaa Owusu Beyan TuK Indonesia Zero Tolerance Initiative Rights and Resources Initiative Rights Lab, University of Nottingham Corporate Justice Coalition Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Ford Foundation Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Climate and Land Use Alliance UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights